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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1950
Page
1
The U S government announces a sale of 100 pounds of potatoes in a burlap sack for one cent per bag, with strict conditions. Buyers must export the potatoes and cannot eat or let others eat them, or face penalties. Shipping and handling costs ensure a loss to the government per bag.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky denounces U S Secretary of State Acheson as a liar and slanderer over charges Russia is taking high Chinese territories. Peiping based New China News Agency repeats denial via Hu Chiao mu. The episode coincides with Chou En lai in Moscow amid talks suggesting a Russia China friendship treaty near completion.
Rome report that Premier Alcide de Gasperi faced another delay in forming a new Italian cabinet as the ultra conservative Liberal party balked at his land reform and electoral reform proposals. He was not expected to submit a ministerial list to President Luigi Einaudi before Monday or Tuesday.
Dense fog halted harbor traffic with ten outbound ships blocked and three arriving vessels anchored offshore. A fatal crash occurred at the Slauson Ave crossing in Los Angeles when a car collided with a Pacific Electric train, killing Leonard R. Hunt and leaving John J. Clarke critically injured.
PRAGUE Jan 21 Two members of the Canadian legation here were ousted from Czechoslovakia. Charge d affaires John A Irwin said the two are Sgt Reginald Danko and Cpl J G Vanier both on the staff of the legation's air attache Danko was a clerk typist and Vanier a driver Irwin said he was not at liberty to state the reason given by the Czech government for the ousters.
A federal jury convicted Alger Hiss on two counts of perjury for denying passing State Department secrets to Whittaker Chambers and for lying about seeing Chambers after 1937. Sentencing set for January 25. Hiss faces up to 10 years and fines.
Fog delays fade as 143 players start second round of the Long Beach Invitational Open at Lakewood CC. Texas Jack Harden sets pace with a 62 and a course record, while Bob Tucker posts 72 to sit two behind. Notables, including three under par at 66, trail Harden as play continues toward Sunday.
Rains and thaw loosened earth and snow causing slides in Washington and Oregon. Floodwaters receded in the Mississippi-Missouri region but 11,400 Birds Point-New Madrid refugees were urged not to return yet. Temperatures rose nationwide with record winter highs in several western towns and ongoing subzero spells in Maine, Minnesota, and North Dakota.
A very strong earthquake struck southern Chile on January 21 with no immediate damage reports. Shocks were felt across regions including O Higgins Valdivia and nearby provinces, with tremors reported in Temuco Valdivia Chillan and Talca.
Prague reports that ereman and other men including Catholic priests have taken oaths of loyalty to the Coramuniat government. The claim suggests a broad clerical pledge aligning with the regime amid political turmoil and church-state tensions.
President Truman will send his special tax message to Congress Monday. Sources say he aims for a roughly $750 million cut paired with a higher corporate tax, offsetting the loss in revenue. The final draft was completed after talks with Secretary Snyder and Prospost staff. The Treasury will provide detailed figures at hearings.
Finland rejects Soviet accusations that it supplied faked documents to war criminals and affirms it is obeying the terms of the Finnish Soviet pacts. Prime Minister Sundström in Moscow delivered Finland’s reply after the protest note three weeks earlier.
William Norris a 36 year old Kalispell Montana highway worker survived about one hour under a Montana snowlide on UWA highway 3. Two other workers Harry Andrews and Lawrence Hart were hospitalized with knee injuries and other injuries. Norris was revived by artificial respiration and transported to a local hospital as crews cleared debris from the slide scene.
A TNT bomb exploded on the second floor of Rice Institute dormitory East Hall in Houston at 3 am. Police recovered three keys and debris from the scene while noting a potential mass-murder risk. No injuries reported as students evacuated calmly.
The government accuses Preston Tucker and seven associates of mail fraud conspiracy and SEC violations in efforts to build a rear engine car. Judge Labay instructs the jury on intent to defraud as it begins deliberations in Chicago.
In Dublin on January 21 the United States and Ireland signed a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation to frame general economic relations. Irish external affairs minister Sean MacBride called the pact Ireland’s most important treaty before U S envoy George A Garrett signed on behalf of the United States.
Secretary Matthews schedules a Tuesday conference concerning the Long Beach ship yard, outlining forthcoming discussions and potential outcomes. The notice hints at policy stakes and regional impact for workers and stakeholders involved.
Six people mostly European refugees died in a basement garment workshop fire in Juruntyu as barred windows trapped victims. Three other workers at Phillips Garment Company's cedar factory were severely burned and not expected to survive. Victims include Philip Chaikot sky, owner, his 18 year old son Sidney, Isadore Singer, Wilfred Gutzen, Mrs Rose Anna Kitta, and Miss Bluma Eichenbaum. It is believed all but the Chaikot sky family were new Canadians.
Jakarta reports 24 Indonesians killed in shooting during riots at Balikpapan oil field in East Borneo. The incident, dated January 21, was carried by the Indonesian News Agency.
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